US11791945B2 - Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback method and apparatus - Google Patents

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US11791945B2 US17/266,679 US201817266679A US11791945B2 US 11791945 B2 US11791945 B2 US 11791945B2 US 201817266679 A US201817266679 A US 201817266679A US 11791945 B2 US11791945 B2 US 11791945B2
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  • the present disclosure relates to a field of communication technologies, and more particularly, to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback method and apparatus.
  • HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
  • Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technologies are typical cellular IoT technologies.
  • NB-IoT Basic framework of NB-IoT is formed in release 13 of Long Term Evolution (LTE). Similar to traditional LTE scheduling, one Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in the NB-IoT schedules one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or one Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).
  • the NB-IoT device needs to receive and blindly check PDCCH before receiving or sending data. When the NB-IoT device sends or receive a large data packet, the sending or receiving process is completed after several rounds of scheduling. In most cases, due to similar channel conditions, contents of several scheduled PDCCHs are similar. In this case, a user still needs to demodulate the scheduled PDCCH for each scheduling, which is power-consuming.
  • one PDCCH may continuously schedule a plurality of PDSCHs.
  • HARQ feedback mechanism is the same as that of the traditional LTE.
  • excessive NPUSCHs are consumed, which prolongs feedback duration of the device and is not conducive to power saving.
  • a HARQ feedback method is provided.
  • the method is applied to a NB-IoT device.
  • the method includes:
  • a HARQ feedback method is provided.
  • the method is applied to a NB-IoT device.
  • the method includes:
  • a HARQ feedback apparatus is provided.
  • the apparatus is used in a NB-IoT device.
  • the apparatus includes:
  • the processor is configured to:
  • a HARQ feedback apparatus is provided.
  • the apparatus is used in a NB-IoT device.
  • the apparatus includes:
  • the processor is configured to:
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an existing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback scene according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback scene according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback scene according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 15 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 28 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 31 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 32 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 33 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 34 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 35 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 36 is a schematic diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • FIG. 37 is a schematic diagram of a HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • first, second and third may be used in this disclosure to describe various information, the information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other.
  • first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information.
  • character “if” as used herein may be interpreted as “when”, “while” or “in response to determining”.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback method.
  • the method may be applied to a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) device, such as intelligent meter reading used in smart cities, shared bicycles in smart transportation, and temperature and humidity collection devices in smart agriculture.
  • NB-IoT Narrow Band Internet of Things
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 2 , the method may include the following steps.
  • a plurality of target HARQ results are determined, in which the plurality of target HARQ results are HARQ results corresponding to a plurality of target physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), and the plurality of target PDSCHs are PDSCHs scheduled by a current physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
  • PDSCHs target physical downlink shared channels
  • PDCCH current physical downlink control channel
  • a combined HARQ result is determined based on the plurality of target HARQ results, in which the combined HARQ result is used for representing the plurality of target HARQ results.
  • a target narrowband physical uplink shared channel is determined, in which the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with a corresponding target resource carrying the combined HARQ result.
  • the combined HARQ result is carried by the target resource and the target NPUSCH is sent to a base station.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results may be represented by one combined HARQ result, which improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system and reduces consumption of NPUSCH resource, and is conductive to saving power of the NB-IoT device.
  • the current PDCCH may schedule a plurality of consecutive PDSCHs at the same time, and the NB-IoT device may respectively determine the HARQ result corresponding to each PDSCH based on technologies in the related art.
  • the HARQ result corresponding to each PDSCH may be ACKnowledgement (ACK) or Negative ACKnowledgment (NACK).
  • ACK ACKnowledgement
  • NACK Negative ACKnowledgment
  • the NB-IoT device may adopt any one of the following solutions to determine the combined HARQ result based on the plurality of target HARQ results.
  • a logical AND operation is performed on binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results to obtain an operation result, and the operation result is determined as the combined HARQ result.
  • step 102 may include the following steps.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results are converted into binary values based on a preset correspondence between HARQ results and binary values.
  • the NB-IoT device may set the correspondence between HARQ results and binary values in advance, as shown in Table 1.
  • the NB-IOT device may convert the plurality of target HARQ results into corresponding binary values respectively according to Table 1.
  • the target HARQ results ACK, NACK, NACK, ACK are converted into binary values 1, 0, 0, 1 correspondingly.
  • a logical AND operation is performed on the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results to obtain an operation result, and the operation result is determined as the combined HARQ result.
  • the NB-IoT device may perform the logical AND operation uniformly on the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results determined at step 102 - 11 , and determine the operation result as the combined HARQ result.
  • the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results are: 1, 0, 0, and 1, and after the logical AND operation is completed, the operation result is 0, that is, the combined HARQ result is 0.
  • the combined HARQ result is 1 only when the plurality of target HARQ results are all 1, otherwise the combined HARQ result is 0. If the base station receives the combined HARQ result as 1, it means that the NB-IoT device has successfully received all of the target PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH, otherwise, it means that the NB-IoT device has not successfully received all of the target PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH.
  • the NB-IoT device performs the logical AND operation on the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results, and finally determines the operation result as the combined HARQ result, so that for the purpose of representing the plurality of target HARQ results by one combined HARQ result is achieved, the availability of which is high.
  • the logical AND operation is performed on the binary values corresponding to target HARQ results in each group of target HARQ results to obtain the operation result, and the operation result is determined as the combined HARQ result corresponding to the current group of target HARQ results.
  • step 102 may include the following steps.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results are converted into binary values based on a preset correspondence between HARQ results and binary values.
  • step 102 - 11 This process is implemented in the same manner as step 102 - 11 , which is not repeated here.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results are divided into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results are divided into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results.
  • the target HARQ results is evenly divided into two groups of target HARQ results, and each group includes 2 target HARQ results.
  • a logical AND operation is performed on the binary values corresponding to the target HARQ results in each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results to obtain an operation result, and the operation result is determined as the combined HARQ result of the current group of target HARQ results.
  • the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results are: 1, 0, 1, 1, and the results are divided into 2 groups
  • the binary values corresponding to the target HARQ results included in group 1 of target HARQ results are 1 and 0, and the binary values corresponding to the target HARQ results included in group 2 of target HARQ results are 1 and 1.
  • the operation result corresponding to group 1 of target HARQ results is 0, that is, the combined HARQ result corresponding to group 1 is 0, and the operation result corresponding to group 2 is 1, that is, the combined HARQ result of group 2 is 1.
  • the base station when the base station receives the combined HARQ result corresponding to group las 0, it means that the NB-IoT device has not successfully received the first 2 target PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH, and when the base station side receives the combined HARQ result corresponding to group 2 as 1, it means that the NB-IoT device has successfully received the last two target PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH.
  • the NB-IoT device may divide the plurality of target HARQ results into groups to determine the combined HARQ result corresponding to each group, which has high availability.
  • the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with its own resource used for carrying the HARQ results, and the target resource is a time and frequency domain resource used by the target NPUSCH in the NB-IoT system.
  • the NB-IoT device may use any of the following solutions to determine the target NPUSCH, in which, the NPUSCH in the format 2 is used in embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • a NPUSCH indicated by the target index value is determined as the target NPUSCH.
  • step 103 may include the following steps.
  • a target index value of the target resource is determined.
  • the target index value may be determined according to the frequency value corresponding to a preset subcarrier and a first target offset.
  • a sum of the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier and the first target offset may be determined as the target index value.
  • other calculation methods may be used to calculate the target index value according to the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier and the first target offset, which belongs to the protection scope of the present disclosure.
  • the preset subcarrier is a subcarrier at a starting frequency domain location of a NPUSCH used to carry the HARQ result.
  • the NB-IoT device has frequency domain resource for 50 NPUSCHs, but from the frequency domain location corresponding to the 25th NPUSCH, the resource for NPUSCHs can be used to carry the HARQ results, then the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier is the frequency value corresponding to the 25th subcarrier.
  • the base station may send the starting frequency domain location to the NB-IoT device via a first target signaling, such as RRC signaling.
  • a first target signaling such as RRC signaling.
  • the first target offset is an offset in a frequency domain where a NPUSCH resource used for feeding back the HARQ results is located.
  • the base station may configure the NB-IoT device via a second target signaling, for example, DCI signaling.
  • the NB-IoT device may calculate the target index value F_NPUSCH format 2 according to the following formula 1.
  • F _NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n, formula 1
  • f0 is the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier
  • f_n is the first target offset
  • the NPUSCH indicated by the target index value is the target NPUSCH.
  • the NB-IoT device directly determines the NPUSCH at the frequency domain location indicated by the target index value as the target NPUSCH according to technologies in the related art.
  • the NB-IoT device may first determine the target index value corresponding to the target resource.
  • the target index may be determined according to the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier and the first target offset.
  • the NB-IoT device determines the NPUSCH indicated by the target index value as the target NPUSCH.
  • the target NPUSCH could be rapidly determined, which facilitates carrying the combined HARQ result by the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH.
  • one target NPUSCH is determined from a NPUSCH group including a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs.
  • step 103 may include the following steps.
  • a NPUSCH group including a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs sent by the base station through the first target signaling is received.
  • the first target signaling may be a RRC signaling.
  • the base station sends the NPUSCH group to the NB-IoT device via the RRC signaling.
  • the NPUSCH group includes a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs.
  • the NPUSCH group may be ⁇ F1_NPUSCH format 2, F2_NPUSCH format 2, F3_NPUSCH format 2, F4_NPUSCH format 2 ⁇ .
  • the second target signaling sent by the base station is received, in which the second target signaling carries resource indication information used to indicate the target resource.
  • the NB-IoT device may also receive the second target signaling sent by the base station, in which the second target signaling carries resource indication information used to indicate the target resource.
  • the second target signaling may be a DCI signaling.
  • a candidate NPUSCH corresponding to the target resource is selected from the NPUSCH group and determined as the target NPUSCH based on the resource indication information.
  • the base station may determine the target NPUSCH in the NPUSCH group according to previous resource indication information. For example, if the target resource indicated by the resource indication information carried in the DCI signaling sent by the base station is a frequency domain resource, which corresponds to F1_NPUSCH format 2, the NB-IoT device determines F1_NPUSCH format 2 as the target NPUSCH.
  • the NB-IoT device may rapidly determine the target NPUSCH according to the signaling sent by the base station, which is easy to implement and has high availability.
  • the NB-IoT device may carry the combined HARQ result by the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH based on technologies in the related art, and send the target NPUSCH in the preset format in the related art to the base station.
  • the NB-IoT device performs the logical AND operation on the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results, and determines the operation result as the combined HARQ result, then BPSK modulation could be performed on the combined HARQ result according to technologies in the related art, and further the target NPUSCH is sent to the base station in the preset format corresponding to NPUSCH format 2.
  • the NB-IOT device performs the logical AND operation on the binary values included in each group of target HARQ results, and determines the operation result as the combined HARQ result corresponding to the current group of target HARQ results, then QPSK modulation may be performed on the combined HARQ results corresponding to all groups of target HARQ results according to technologies in the related art, and further the target NPUSCH is sent to the base station in the preset format corresponding to NPUSCH format 2.
  • the NB-IoT device when the NB-IoT device carries the combined HARQ result by the target resource and sends the target NPUSCH to the base station, optionally, it may send the target NPUSCH in the preset format, which is easy to implement and improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , the method may further include the following steps.
  • a target feedback time is determined.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the time at which the combined HARQ result needs to be fed back.
  • step 104 may include:
  • the combined HARQ result may be carried by the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH and the target NPUSCH may be sent to the base station at the target feedback time.
  • step 105 may include the following steps.
  • a target sub-frame is determined, in which the target sub-frame is a first valid sub-frame spaced from a candidate sub-frame by a specified number of sub-frames, and the candidate sub-frame is a sub-frame where a last PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH is located.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the first valid sub-frame spaced from the candidate sub-frame by the specified number of sub-frames as the target subframe.
  • the candidate subframe is the sub-frame where the last PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH is located.
  • the target subframe may be the first valid sub-frame spaced from the candidate sub-frame by a specified number of sub-frames, that is, the target subframe may be the first subframe spaced from the candidate sub-frame by a specified number of sub-frames and scheduled to the NB-IoT system.
  • the specified number of sub-frames may be k+12, where the value of k may be configured by the base station via the second target signaling, for example, the DCI signaling.
  • a time at which the target sub-frame is sent is determined as the target feedback time.
  • the NB-IoT system directly determines the time at which the target sub-frame is sent as the target feedback time according to technologies in the related art.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results may be reported to the base station in a unified manner, which improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system, reduces consumption of NPUSCH resources and helps to save the power of the NB-IoT device.
  • the NB-IoT device converts the plurality of target HARQ results into corresponding binary values based on a preset correspondence between HARQ results and binary values. Further, the NB-IoT device performs a logical AND operation on the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results to obtain an operation result, and finally determines the operation result as the combined HARQ result. The NB-IoT device performs BPSK adjustment on the combined HARQ result, and subsequently sends the target NPUSCH in the preset format to the base station, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the NB-IoT device may divide the plurality of target HARQ results into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results, perform the logical AND operation on the binary values corresponding to target HARQ results in each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results to obtain an operation result, and determine the operation result as the corresponding group of target HARQ results.
  • the NB-IoT device performs QPSK adjustment on the combined HARQ result corresponding to each HARQ group, and subsequently sends the target NPUSCH in the NPUSCH format 2 to the base station, for example, as shown in FIG. 6 .
  • the NB-IoT device carries the combined HARQ result by the target resource and sends the target NPUSCH to the base station at the target feedback time.
  • the method of determining the target feedback time is shown in FIG. 10 , which is not repeated here.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the target NPUSCH by using the above formula 1.
  • the NB-IoT device may also receive the first target signaling sent by the base station to determine the NPUSCH group, and then determine the target NPUSCH in the NPUSCH group according to the second target signaling sent by the base station.
  • the above-mentioned embodiments are all aimed at realizing the purpose of representing the plurality of target HARQ results by the combined HARQ result.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results may be represented by both the combined HARQ result and the target resource, the implementation of which is described as follows.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide another HARQ feedback method.
  • the method may be applied to a NB-IoT device, such as intelligent meter reading used in smart cities, shared bicycles in smart transportation, and temperature and humidity collection devices in smart agriculture.
  • FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to an exemplary embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 11 , the method may include the following steps.
  • a plurality of target HARQ results are determined, in which the plurality of target HARQ results are HARQ results corresponding to a plurality of target physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), and the plurality of target PDSCHs are PDSCHs scheduled by a current physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
  • PDSCHs target physical downlink shared channels
  • PDCCH current physical downlink control channel
  • a target narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) in a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs and a combined HARQ result are determined based on the plurality of target HARQ results, in which the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with a corresponding target resource used for carrying the combined HARQ result, and the combined HARQ result and the target resource are used for representing the plurality of target HARQ results.
  • NPUSCH physical uplink shared channel
  • the combined HARQ result is carried by the target resource and the target NPUSCH is sent to a base station.
  • the purpose of representing the plurality of target HARQ results by both the combined HARQ result and the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH is achieved, which further saves the target resource and improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system, and is conducive to saving the power of the NB-IoT device.
  • the current PDCCH may schedule a plurality of consecutive PDSCHs at the same time, and the NB-IoT device may determine the HARQ result corresponding to each PDSCH according to technologies in the related art.
  • the HARQ result corresponding to each PDSCH may be ACK or NACK.
  • the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with its own resource used for carrying the HARQ results, and the target resource is the time frequency domain used by the target NPUSCH in the NB-IoT system.
  • the NB-IoT device may first determine a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs.
  • NPUSCHs in format 2 may be adopted.
  • determining the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs may include the following bocks.
  • a first index value is determined, in which the first index value is a resource index value corresponding to a first candidate NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the first index value based on a frequency value corresponding to a preset subcarrier and a first target offset.
  • a sum of the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier and the first target offset may be calculated, and determined as the first index value.
  • the preset subcarrier is a subcarrier at a starting frequency domain location of a NPUSCH used for carrying the plurality of target HARQ results
  • the first target offset is an offset in a frequency domain where a NPUSCH resource used for feeding back the plurality of target HARQ results is located.
  • the starting frequency domain location may be configured by the base station via first target signaling, for example, the RRC signaling
  • the first target offset may be configured by the base station via the second target signaling, for example, the DCI signaling.
  • the NB-IoT device may calculate the first index value F1_NPUSCH format 2 according to the following formula 2.
  • F 1_NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n, formula 2
  • f0 is the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier
  • f_n is the first target offset
  • a NPUSCH indicated by the first index value is determined as the first candidate NPUSCH.
  • the NB-IoT device directly uses the NPUSCH at the frequency domain location indicated by the first index value as the first candidate NPUSCH from the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs.
  • a second index value is determined based on the first index value and a second target offset.
  • the second target offset is pre-configured to indicate the offset in the frequency domain of the NPUSCH resource corresponding to the second candidate NPUSCH, and the second candidate NPUSCH is any one of the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs other than the first NPUSCH.
  • the second target offset may be pre-defined in the protocol and written into an underlying system of the NB-IoT device, or may be sent by the base station via the first target signaling, for example, the RRC signaling.
  • the second target offset may also be sent to the NB-IoT device by the base station via the second target signaling, for example, the DCI signaling.
  • f0 is the frequency value corresponding to the preset subcarrier
  • f_n is the first target offset
  • offset i is the second target offset.
  • a NPUSCH indicated by the second index value is determined as the second candidate NPUSCH.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the NPUSCH indicated by the second index value as the second candidate NPUSCH.
  • two candidate NPUSCHs may be determined according to Formula 2 and Formula 3.
  • F 1_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n.
  • F 2_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset2.
  • 3 candidate NPUSCHs may be determined according to Formula 1 and Formula 2.
  • F 1_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n.
  • F 2_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset2.
  • F 3_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset3.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results may be divided into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results, and a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs may be determined for each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results.
  • F 1_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n.
  • F 2_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset2.
  • F 3_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset3.
  • F 4_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset4.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the target NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs and the combined HARQ result based on a preset mapping relation between target HARQ results, target NPUSCHs and combined HARQ results.
  • Target resources be represented X F1_NPUSCH format 2 X00 (X may be 0 or 1) F2_NPUSCH format 2 X01
  • the target NPUSCH is F2_NPUSCH format 2.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the target NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs and the combined HARQ result based on the preset mapping relation between target HARQ results, target NPUSCHs and combined HARQ results.
  • the purpose of representing the plurality of target HARQ results by both the combined HARQ result and the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH is achieved, which further saves the target resource and improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system, and is conducive to saving power of the NB-IoT device.
  • the NB-IoT device may carry the combined HARQ result by the target resource and send the target NPUSCH to the base station according to technologies in the related art.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 , the method may include the following steps.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results are divided into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results when a total number of the plurality of target HARQ results exceeds a preset number.
  • the NB-IoT device may divide the plurality of target HARQ results into the plurality of groups of target HARQ results when the total number of the plurality of target HARQ results is large, for example, when the total number exceeds 3.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results may be divided into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results evenly.
  • a preprocessed HARQ result corresponding to each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results is determined based on all the target HARQ results in each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results.
  • the NB-IoT device may convert all the target HARQ results in each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results into binary values, and then perform a logical AND operation on the binary values, and determine the operation result as the preprocessed HARQ result corresponding to the current HARQ group.
  • all the target HARQ results included in the current HARQ group are: ACK, NACK, which are converted into binary values 1 and 0, and the preprocessed HARQ result corresponding to the current HARQ group obtained after the logical AND operation is 0.
  • a target NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs and a preprocessed combined HARQ result are determined based on the plurality of preprocessed HARQ results, in which the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with a corresponding target resource carrying the preprocessed combined HARQ result, and the preprocessed combined HARQ result and the target resource are used for representing the plurality of preprocessed HARQ results.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the target PUCCH and the preprocessed combined HARQ result based on the preset mapping relation between a plurality of preprocessed HARQ results, target resources and pre-processed combined HARQ results.
  • a total number of the plurality of pre-processed HARQ results is 3, and the preset mapping relation between the plurality of preprocessed HARQ results, target resources and pre-processed combined HARQ results is shown in Table 3.
  • Pre-processed combined HARQ results HARQ results Target resources to be represented X F1_NPUSCH format 2 X00 (X may be 0 or 1) F2_NPUSCH format 2 X01 F3_NPUSCH format 2 X10 F4_NPUSCH format 2 X11
  • the target NPUSCH is F3_NPUSCH format 2.
  • the preprocessed combined HARQ result is carried by the target resource and the target NPUSCH is sent to the base station.
  • the NB-IoT device may carry the preprocessed combined HARQ result by the target resource and send the target NPUSCH to the base station according to technologies in the related art.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results are divided into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results when a total number of the plurality of target HARQ results exceeds the preset number.
  • the preprocessed combined HARQ result and the target NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs are determined based on the plurality of preprocessed HARQ results corresponding to the plurality of groups of target HARQ results.
  • the preprocessed combined HARQ result is carried by the target resource and the target NPUSCH is sent to the base station.
  • the purpose of representing the plurality of target HARQ results by both the combined HARQ result and the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH is still achieved, which further saves the target resource and improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system, and is conducive to saving the power of the NB-IoT device.
  • FIG. 14 which is a flowchart of another HARQ feedback method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 , the method may further include the following steps.
  • a target feedback time is determined.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the time at which the combined HARQ result needs to be fed back.
  • step 204 may include:
  • the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH may be used to carry the combined HARQ result, and the target NPUSCH may be sent to the base station.
  • step 208 may include the following steps.
  • a target sub-frame is determined, in which the target sub-frame is a first valid sub-frame spaced from a candidate sub-frame by a specified number of sub-frames, and the candidate sub-frame is a sub-frame where a last PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH is located.
  • the NB-IoT device may determine the first valid sub-frame spaced from the candidate sub-frame by the specified number of sub-frames as the target sub-frame.
  • the candidate sub-frame is a sub-frame where a last PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH is located.
  • the target subframe may be the first valid sub-frame spaced from the candidate sub-frame by the specified number of sub-frames, that is, the target subframe may be the first subframe spaced from the candidate sub-frame by the specified number of sub-frames and scheduled to the NB-IoT system.
  • the specified number of sub-frames may be k+12, where the value of k may be configured by the base station via the second target signaling, for example, the DCI signaling.
  • a time at which the target sub-frame is sent is determined as the target feedback time.
  • the NB-IoT system directly determine the time at which the target sub-frame is sent as the target feedback time according to technologies in the related art.
  • the plurality of target HARQ results are uniformly reported to the base station, which improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system and reduces consumption of NPUSCH resources, and is conducive to saving power of the NB-IoT device.
  • the target NPUSCH may be sent to the base station in NPUSCH format 2.
  • the total number of the plurality of target HARQ results is 2, and the NB-IoT device determines 2 candidate NPUSCHs according to formula 2 and formula 3 as follows.
  • F 1_NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n.
  • F 2_NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n +offset2.
  • One target HARQ result is fed back through the target resource, and the other target HARQ result is fed back through the combined HARQ result carried in the target NPUSCH, as shown in Table 2.
  • the NB-IoT device determines 3 candidate NPUSCHs according to the above formula 1 and formula 2 as follows.
  • F 1_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n.
  • F 2_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset2.
  • F 3_NPUSCH format2 f 0+ f _ n +offset3.
  • One target HARQ result is fed back through the combined HARQ result carried in the target NPUSCH, and the other two target HARQ results are fed back through the target resource, as shown in Table 4.
  • Target resources be represented X F1_NPUSCH format 2 X00 (X may be 0 or 1) F2_NPUSCH format 2 X01 F3_NPUSCH format 2 X10 F4_NPUSCH format 2 X11
  • the NB-IoT device determines 4 candidate NPUSCHs based on formula 2 and formula 3 as follows.
  • F 1_NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n.
  • F 2_NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n +offset2.
  • F 3_NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n +offset3.
  • F 4_NPUSCH format 2 f 0+ f _ n +offset4.
  • One pre-processed HARQ result is fed back through the pre-processed combined HARQ result carried in the target NPUSCH, and the other two pre-processed HARQ results are fed back through the target resource, as shown in Table 3.
  • the purpose of representing the plurality of target HARQ results by both the combined HARQ result and the target resource corresponding to the target NPUSCH is achieved, which further saves the target resource and improves the efficiency of HARQ feedback in the NB-IoT system, and is conducive to saving power of the NB-IoT device.
  • switching between different implementations may be performed according to the total number of the target HARQ results. For example, if the total number of the target HARQ results is small and maybe one or two, the method provided in the above example 1 may be used to feedback the target HARQ results. If the number of the target HARQ results is large and greater than 3, the method provided in Example 2 may be used to feedback the target HARQ results.
  • the switching between the above different solutions should also fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
  • the present disclosure also provides apparatus and corresponding NB-IoT device embodiments.
  • FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 16 , the apparatus is used in a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) device.
  • the apparatus includes: a first determining module 310 , a second determining module 320 , a channel determining module 330 and a first sending module 340 .
  • NB-IoT Narrow Band Internet of Things
  • the first determining module 310 is configured to determine a plurality of target HARQ results, in which the plurality of target HARQ results are HARQ results corresponding to a plurality of target physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), and the plurality of target PDSCHs are PDSCHs scheduled by a current physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
  • PDSCHs physical downlink shared channels
  • PDCCH current physical downlink control channel
  • the second determining module 320 is configured to determine a combined HARQ result based on the plurality of target HARQ results, in which the combined HARQ result is used for representing the plurality of target HARQ results.
  • the channel determining module 330 is configured to determine a target narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH), in which the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with a target resource carrying the combined HARQ result.
  • NPUSCH target narrowband physical uplink shared channel
  • the first sending module 340 is configured to carry the combined HARQ result by the target resource and send the target NPUSCH to a base station.
  • the first determining module 310 includes: a first converting sub-module 311 and a first determining sub-module 312 .
  • the first converting sub-module 311 is configured to convert the plurality of target HARQ results into corresponding binary values based on a preset correspondence between HARQ results and binary values.
  • the first determining sub-module 312 is configured to perform a logical AND operation on the binary values corresponding to the plurality of target HARQ results to obtain an operation result, and to determine the operation result as the combined HARQ result.
  • the second determining module 320 includes: a second converting sub-module 321 , a dividing sub-module 322 and a second determining sub-module 323 .
  • the second converting sub-module 321 is configured to convert the plurality of target HARQ results into corresponding binary values based on the preset correspondence between HARQ results and binary values.
  • the dividing sub-module 322 is configured to divide the plurality of target HARQ results into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results.
  • the second determining sub-module 323 is configured to perform a logical AND operation on binary values corresponding to target HARQ results in each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results to obtain an operation result, and to determine the operation result as the combined HARQ result of the current group of target HARQ results.
  • the channel determining module 330 includes: a first index value determining module 331 and a third determining sub-module 332 .
  • the first index value determining module 331 is configured to determine a target index value of the target resource.
  • the third determining sub-module 332 is configured to determine a NPUSCH indicated by the target index value as the target NPUSCH.
  • the first index value determining module 331 includes: a first index value determining unit 3311 .
  • the first index value determining unit 3311 is configured to determine the target index value based on a frequency value corresponding to a preset subcarrier and a first target offset, in which the preset subcarrier is a subcarrier at a starting frequency domain location of a NPUSCH used for carrying the plurality of target HARQ results, and the first target offset is an offset in a frequency domain where a NPUSCH resource used for feeding back the plurality of target HARQ results is located.
  • FIG. 21 which is a block diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus on the basis of the embodiment show in FIG. 20 , the apparatus includes: a first receiving module 350 and a second receiving module 360 .
  • the first receiving module 350 is configured to receive the starting frequency domain location sent by the base station via a first target signaling.
  • the second receiving module 360 is configured to receive the first target offset sent by the base station via a second target signaling.
  • the channel determining module 330 includes: a first receiving sub-module 333 , a second receiving sub-module 334 and a fourth determining sub-module 335 .
  • the first receiving sub-module 333 is configured to receive a NPUSCH group including a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs sent by the base station via the first target signaling.
  • the second receiving sub-module 334 is configured to receive the second target signaling sent by the base station, the second target signaling carrying resource indication information used to indicate the target resource.
  • the fourth determining sub-module 335 is configured to determine a candidate NPUSCH corresponding to the target resource from the NPUSCH group as the target NPUSCH based on the resource indication information.
  • the first sending module 340 includes a first sending sub-module 341 .
  • the first sending sub-module 341 is configured to carry the combined HARQ result by the target resource and to send the target NPUSCH in a preset format to the base station.
  • the apparatus further includes: a first feedback time determining module 370 .
  • the first feedback time determining module 370 is configured to determine a target feedback time.
  • the first sending module 340 includes a second sending sub-module 342 .
  • the second sending sub-module 342 is configured to carry the combined HARQ result by the target resource and send the target NPUSCH to the base station at the target feedback time.
  • the first feedback time determining module 370 includes: a first sub-frame determining sub-module 371 and a first feedback time determining sub-module 372 .
  • the first sub-frame determining sub-module 371 is configured to determine a target sub-frame, in which the target sub-frame is a first valid sub-frame spaced from a candidate sub-frame by a specified number of sub-frames, and the candidate sub-frame is a sub-frame where a last PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH is located.
  • the first feedback time determining sub-module 372 is configured to determine a time at which the target sub-frame is sent as the target feedback time.
  • FIG. 26 which is a block diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus on the basis of the embodiment Shown in FIG. 25 , the apparatus further includes a third receiving module 380 .
  • the third receiving module 380 is configured to receive the specified number of sub-frames sent by the base station via the second target signaling.
  • FIG. 27 is a block diagram of a HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 27 , the HARQ feedback apparatus is used in a NB-IoT device.
  • the apparatus includes: a third determining module 410 , a fourth determining module 420 and a second sending module 430 .
  • the third determining module 410 is configured to determine a plurality of target HARQ results, in which the plurality of target HARQ results are HARQ results corresponding to a plurality of target physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs), and the plurality of target PDSCHs are PDSCHs scheduled by a current physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
  • PDSCHs physical downlink shared channels
  • PDCCH current physical downlink control channel
  • the fourth determining module 420 is configured to determine a target narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) in a plurality of candidate NPUSCHs and a combined HARQ result based on the plurality of target HARQ results, in which the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with a target resource carrying the combined HARQ result, and the combined HARQ result and the target resource are used for representing the plurality of target HARQ results.
  • NPUSCH narrowband physical uplink shared channel
  • the second sending module 430 is configured to carry the combined HARQ result by the target resource and send the target NPUSCH to a base station.
  • the fourth determining module 420 includes: a second index value determining sub-module 421 , a fifth determining sub-module 422 , a third index value determining sub-module 423 and a sixth determining sub-module 424 .
  • the second index value determining sub-module 421 is configured to determine a first index value, in which the first index value is a resource index value corresponding to a first candidate NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs.
  • the fifth determining sub-module 422 is configured to determine a first NPUSCH indicated by the first index value as the first candidate NPUSCH.
  • the third index value determining sub-module 423 is configured to determine a second index value based on the first index value and a second target offset, in which the second target offset is used to indicate an offset of a NPUSCH resource corresponding to a second candidate NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs, and the second candidate NPUSCH is any one of the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs other than the first NPUSCH.
  • the sixth determining sub-module 424 is configured to determine a second NPUSCH indicated by the second index value as the second candidate NPUSCH.
  • the second index value determining sub-module 421 includes a second index value determining unit 4211 .
  • the second index value determining unit 4211 is configured to determine the first index value based on a frequency value corresponding to a preset subcarrier and a first target offset, in which the preset subcarrier is a subcarrier at a starting frequency domain location of a NPUSCH used for carrying the plurality of HARQ results, and the first target offset is an offset in a frequency domain where a NPUSCH resource used for feeding back the plurality of HARQ results is located.
  • FIG. 30 which is a block diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus on the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 29 , the apparatus further includes: a fourth receiving module 440 and a fifth receiving module 450 .
  • the fourth receiving module 440 is configured to receive the starting frequency domain location sent by the base station via a first target signaling.
  • the fifth receiving module 450 is configured to receive the first target offset sent by the base station via a second target signaling.
  • the apparatus further includes a sixth receiving module 460 .
  • the sixth receiving module 460 is configured to receive the second target offset sent by the base station via a second target signaling.
  • the fourth determining module 420 includes a seventh determining sub-module 425 .
  • the seventh determining sub-module 425 is configured to determine the combined HARQ result and the target NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs based on a preset mapping relation between target HARQ results, target NPUSCHs and combined HARQ results.
  • FIG. 33 which is a block diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 27 , the apparatus further includes a dividing module 470 , a fifth determining module 480 , a sixth determining module 490 and a third sending module 510 .
  • the dividing module 470 is configured to divide the plurality of target HARQ results into a plurality of groups of target HARQ results when a total number of the plurality of target HARQ results exceeds a preset number.
  • the fifth determining module 480 is configured to determine a preprocessed HARQ result corresponding to each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results based on all the target HARQ results in each of the plurality of groups of target HARQ results.
  • the sixth determining module 490 is configured to determine a preprocessed combined HARQ result and a target NPUSCH in the plurality of candidate NPUSCHs based on the plurality of preprocessed HARQ results, in which the target NPUSCH is a NPUSCH with a target resource carrying the preprocessed combined HARQ result, and the preprocessed combined HARQ result and the target resource are used for representing the plurality of preprocessed HARQ results.
  • the third sending module 510 is configured to carry the preprocessed combined HARQ result by the corresponding target resource and send the target NPUSCH to the base station.
  • the apparatus further includes a second feedback time determining module 520 .
  • the second feedback time determining module 520 is configured to determine a target feedback time.
  • the second sending module 430 includes a third sending sub-module 431 .
  • the third sending sub-module 431 is configured to carry the combined HARQ result by the target resource and send the target NPUSCH to the base station at the target feedback time.
  • FIG. 35 is a block diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 35 .
  • the second feedback time determining module 520 includes: a second sub-frame determining sub-module 521 and a second feedback time determining sub-module 522 .
  • the second sub-frame determining sub-module 521 is configured to determine a target sub-frame, in which the target sub-frame is a first valid sub-frame spaced from a candidate sub-frame by a specified number of sub-frames, and the candidate sub-frame is a sub-frame where a last PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs scheduled by the current PDCCH is located.
  • the second feedback time determining sub-module 522 is configured to determine a time at which the target sub-frame is sent as the target feedback time.
  • FIG. 36 is a block diagram of another HARQ feedback apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 36 , the apparatus further includes a seventh receiving module 530 .
  • the seventh receiving module 530 is configured to receive the specified number of sub-frames sent by the base station via the second target signaling.
  • the apparatus embodiments basically correspond to the method embodiments, and related parts could be referred to part of the description of the method embodiments.
  • the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative.
  • the units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components may be located in one place, or distributed across network units. Some or all of the modules could be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the solution of the present disclosure. Those of ordinary skill in the art could understand and implement the present disclosure, without inventive works.
  • the present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium.
  • the storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is configured to implement any one of the HARQ feedback methods.
  • the present disclosure provides a HARQ feedback apparatus.
  • the apparatus is used in a NB-IoT device.
  • the apparatus includes:
  • the processor is configured to:
  • the present disclosure provides a HARQ feedback apparatus.
  • the apparatus is used in a NB-IoT device.
  • the apparatus includes:
  • the processor is configured to:
  • FIG. 37 is a schematic diagram of a HARQ feedback apparatus 3700 according to an exemplary embodiment.
  • the apparatus 3700 may be provided as an NB-IoT device.
  • the apparatus 3700 includes a processing component 3722 , a wireless transmitting/receiving component 3724 , an antenna component 3726 , and a signal processing portion specific to a wireless interface.
  • the processing component 3722 may further include one or more processors.
  • One of the processors in the processing component 3722 may be configured to execute any of the hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ feedback methods applicable for NB-IoT devices described above.

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